BTBU 全英班 The Theory of Marxism.pptVIP

Basic Principles of Marxism Contents Chapter 1 What is Philosophy? Chapter 2 What is Self? Chapter 3 What is Reality? Chapter 4 What is Truth? Chapter 5 Marxist Economic Theory Chapter 6 Further Marxist Thought Chapter 7 Marxism after Marx Objective of The Course: giving students a basic understanding of Marxism, directions of solving problems of students in their lives and the methodology of Marxism in relation to their problems. Chapter 1 What is Philosophy? OPENING QUESTIONS  1. IF one of your friends ask you“what is philosophy?”, how would you answer? 2. Have you ever read any philosophical books or articles? Do you like them? Why? 3. IF one of your good friends tells you“all philosophers are madmen”, what would you think? Do you agree it or not ? 1.What is philosophy ? etymology ------“love of wisdom” Pythagoras (571B.C~497B.C)was a thinker of many talents. “The life of man resembles a great festival celebrated…before the concourse from the whole of Greece. At this festival some people sought to win the glorious distinction of a crown; and others, again , were attracted by the prospect of material gain through buying and selling.But there were also a certain type of people , and that quite the best type of men, who were interested neither in competing, applauding nor in seeking gain, but who came solely for the sake of the spectacle itself, and, hence, closely watched what was done and how it was done.and so also we ,as though we had come from some city to a crowed festival, leaving in like fashion another life and another nature of being, entered upon this life. And some were slaves of ambition, and some were slaves of money.but there were a special few who,counting all else for nothing,closely scanned the nature of things. These gave themselves the name of ‘philosophy’---and this is the meaning of the term ‘philosophers’.and just as at these festivals the men of the most exalted education looked on without any self-seeking in